Method of breaking up stacks of paper sheets or the like
First Claim
1. A method of subdividing each of a succession of first stacks of superimposed layers, such as paper sheets, into a plurality of identical smaller stacks with a tool which is movable between the layers of the first stacks and forms part of a subdividing apparatus, comprising the steps of advancing by a conveyor of the subdividing apparatus successive first stacks onto a support at a dividing station of the subdividing apparatus;
- monitoring the thickness of the first stack at said station by a signal monitoring means of the subdividing apparatus;
comparing the signals denoting the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station with a signal denoting a predetermined value;
maintaining the first stack at said station and the tool at predetermined levels relative to each other and causing the tool to penetrate into the first stack at said station under the action of tool moving means of the subdividing apparatus so as to subdivide the first stack into identical smaller stacks when the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station matches said predetermined value; and
automatically changing the relative levels of the first stack at said station and the tool by adjustable position changing means of the subdividing apparatus prior to penetration of the tool into the first stack at said station, so as to enable the tool to penetrate between selected layers of the first stack and to subdivide the first stack at said station into identical smaller stacks, when the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station deviates from said predetermined value.
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Abstract
Stacks which are about to be subdivided by a sword-like tool at a dividing station are monitored by a spring-biased mechanical sensor which causes the generation of signals serving to change the position of the stack at the dividing station with reference to the tool and/or vice versa if the monitored height deviates from an anticipated height so that the tool divides the stack into piles of desired height. The sensor monitors the stacks ahead of the dividing station.
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1. A method of subdividing each of a succession of first stacks of superimposed layers, such as paper sheets, into a plurality of identical smaller stacks with a tool which is movable between the layers of the first stacks and forms part of a subdividing apparatus, comprising the steps of advancing by a conveyor of the subdividing apparatus successive first stacks onto a support at a dividing station of the subdividing apparatus;
- monitoring the thickness of the first stack at said station by a signal monitoring means of the subdividing apparatus;
comparing the signals denoting the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station with a signal denoting a predetermined value;
maintaining the first stack at said station and the tool at predetermined levels relative to each other and causing the tool to penetrate into the first stack at said station under the action of tool moving means of the subdividing apparatus so as to subdivide the first stack into identical smaller stacks when the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station matches said predetermined value; and
automatically changing the relative levels of the first stack at said station and the tool by adjustable position changing means of the subdividing apparatus prior to penetration of the tool into the first stack at said station, so as to enable the tool to penetrate between selected layers of the first stack and to subdivide the first stack at said station into identical smaller stacks, when the monitored thickness of the first stack at said station deviates from said predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- monitoring the thickness of the first stack at said station by a signal monitoring means of the subdividing apparatus;
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